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These quizzes focus on the titles, rather than the plots or characters, of Agatha Christie's works.
15 quizzes and 175 trivia questions.
1.
  Murder, She Wrote   great trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 15 Qns
Unsurprisingly, all of these Agatha Christie novels have 'murder' or 'death' in their titles (UK or US versions). Can you match them with the correct descriptions? *Spoilers*
Average, 15 Qns, zorba_scank, Aug 05 24
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zorba_scank gold member
Aug 05 24
143 plays
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  Agatha Christie - Alternative Titles   great trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
American publishers often change the titles of works by English authors. Match Agatha Christie's original title with its American counterpart.
Easier, 10 Qns, MotherGoose, Apr 06 19
Easier
MotherGoose editor
Apr 06 19
475 plays
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  Agatha Christie Titles Quiz Challenge   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here are ten titles of Agatha Christie's stories. You have to supply the missing word. Good luck!
Easier, 10 Qns, minch, Jan 03 17
Easier
minch gold member
7170 plays
4.
  But Where Did She Get Those Wonderful Titles?   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Agatha Christie, D.C.B.E., was fond of drawing titles from both high and popular culture, from sources as diverse as Shakespeare and Mother Goose. Very little knowledge of Christie's books is needed and I have done my best to eradicate spoilers.
Tough, 10 Qns, alkmene, Jun 30 18
Tough
alkmene
Jun 30 18
2254 plays
5.
  15 Questions about Agatha Christie Titles   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Complete the titles of these Agatha Christie books!
Average, 15 Qns, miaow, Jan 03 17
Average
miaow
6398 plays
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  Back-Translated Portuguese Christie Titles   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
I'll provide an English back-translation of the Portuguese title of an Agatha Christie book along with a clue (so you don't have to know Portuguese to play this), and you will be asked to provide the novel. Most titles are European Portuguese.
Average, 20 Qns, PearlQ19, Jul 28 19
Average
PearlQ19 gold member
Jul 28 19
555 plays
7.
  More Agatha Christie Titles   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Another Agatha Christie titles quiz. This one includes some of her lesser known titles.
Easier, 10 Qns, minch, Jan 03 17
Easier
minch gold member
5518 plays
8.
  Who Dunnit - A Quiz Murder Mystery   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The answers to the questions are the titles of Agatha Christie novels. The questions and answers form a consecutive narrative. It's like playing consequences!
Average, 10 Qns, balaton, Jan 03 17
Average
balaton
623 plays
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  Back-Translated German Agatha Christie Book Titles   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I will give you the German title and a back translation (so no German knowledge is required) of an Agatha Christie book, along with a clue, and you'll have to tell me which book it is. Might be harder than you think. Good luck!
Tough, 15 Qns, PearlQ19, Jan 03 17
Tough
PearlQ19 gold member
404 plays
10.
  Back-Translated Spanish Agatha Christie Titles   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Just like my quiz about German titles, this quiz gives you a Spanish title plus back-translation of an Agatha Christie novel and a clue. Your job is to tell me the English title. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, PearlQ19, Jan 03 17
Average
PearlQ19 gold member
455 plays
trivia question Quick Question
What is the alternative title for 'Dumb Witness'?

From Quiz "Christie Alternate Titles"




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  Back-Translated French Agatha Christie Titles    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Yet another quiz on international titles that does not require you to speak the actual language, this time focusing on French. Tell me the Christie book from the back-translated French title and the clue. Good luck!
Tough, 10 Qns, PearlQ19, Jan 03 17
Tough
PearlQ19 gold member
509 plays
12.
  Christie Alternate Titles   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A number of Christie novels have alternate titles. The alternate title is listed here, you have to select the name by which it is more popularly known.
Average, 10 Qns, deepakmr, Jan 03 17
Average
deepakmr
784 plays
13.
  More Back-Translated German Christie Titles    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here comes another list of German Agatha Christie titles back-translated into English. Again, I'll provide the unfamiliar title and a clue, and you'll guess the work, but this time, the questions focus on short stories, not full-length novels. Good luck!
Tough, 10 Qns, PearlQ19, Jan 03 17
Tough
PearlQ19 gold member
375 plays
14.
  Alternative Titles    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about alternative titles under which Agatha Christie's books were published. Good Luck!
Average, 10 Qns, Lanire, Sep 04 17
Average
Lanire
1452 plays
15.
  Agatha Christie - Title Anagrams    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
These are all anagrams of various Agatha Christie books, but two are not books. Agatha Christie is the Queen of Detective Fiction.
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, Fi B, Jan 03 17
Very Difficult
Fi B
776 plays

Something in the Title Trivia Questions

1. "Le couteau sur la nuque" ("The Knife in the Neck): A rather unpleasant aristocrat is found murdered, and the method is precisely what it says in the title. Which Poirot novel is it?

From Quiz
Back-Translated French Agatha Christie Titles

Answer: Lord Edgeware Dies (a.k.a. "Thirteen At Dinner")

First published in 1933, this Poirot novel features a simple but ingenious plot twist and a memorable villain. Christie scholars have described Hastings as at his dumbest in this book. There is also a film version starring Sir Peter Ustinov as Poirot, Faye Dunaway as Jane Wilkinson, and David Suchet (who would later play Poirot to perfection in the TV series of the same name) as the chief of police.

2. "Poirot Salva o Criminoso" ("Poirot Saves the Criminal"): A young woman stands accused of murder in this court drama in three acts, and it is up to Poirot to prove her innocence. Which novel is it?

From Quiz Back-Translated Portuguese Christie Titles

Answer: "Sad Cypress"

Cleverly plotted and featuring a rather daring alibi (where Christie once again benefited from her comprehensive knowledge about drugs and poison), "Sad Cypress" tells the story of Eleanor Carlisle, who is accused of murdering Mary Gerrard, her wealthy aunt's protégée. Agatha Christie later regretted that she used Poirot in this story. Thousands of fans beg to differ.

3. "El cuadro" ("The Painting"): A painting of a house and Tuppence's reaction to it spark off this mystery, which takes its English title from Shakespeare. Which one is it?

From Quiz Back-Translated Spanish Agatha Christie Titles

Answer: "By the Pricking of My Thumbs"

The Spanish title is rather fitting, considering that it is the pretty painting in Tommy Beresford's aunt Ada's room that starts it all. Tuppence is convinced that she has seen the house in the painting before, and while Tommy is away on a conference, she embarks on a mission to find it. She promptly gets caught up in a mystery and almost gets herself killed.

4. "The Eyes of the Deity" ("Die Augen der Gottheit"): An American movie star seeks Poirot's help in this affair about a diamond or two. Which short story is it?

From Quiz More Back-Translated German Christie Titles

Answer: "The Adventure of 'The Western Star'"

The German title refers to the reason why the movie star seeks out Poirot: the "Western Star", a precious diamond that she was given by her husband, was supposedly stolen from the statue of a deity. The eyes of that deity were represented by two diamonds.

5. "Reunion With Mrs. Oliver" ("Wiedersehen mit Mrs. Oliver"): Mrs. Oliver suffers a psychological trauma in this novel, and it has nothing to do with apples. Which is the English title of that book?

From Quiz Back-Translated German Agatha Christie Book Titles

Answer: "Dead Man's Folly"

The trauma from the clue is, of course, the fact that Mrs. Oliver is staging a murder hunt game, and the intended victim actually ends up dead at the end of the day. She is also very disappointed that the participants are not able to untangle her complicated clues. I put in the apple reference for you to rule out "Hallowe'en Party", where a girl is drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. Mrs. Oliver then famously declares that she'll never eat apples again - an indeed traumatic utterance, since Ariadne Oliver is known for her addiction to that fruit.

6. By what name is 'The Boomerang Clue' also known?

From Quiz Christie Alternate Titles

Answer: Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

'Why Didn't they Ask Evans' was also published as the 'Boomerang Clue', probably for the reason that to unravel the mystery, the hero and heroine have to come back to the original scene of the murder.

7. Whence did Christie take the title of 'Taken at the Flood'?

From Quiz But Where Did She Get Those Wonderful Titles?

Answer: Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'

A character in the novel does take the pseudonym 'Enoch Arden' from the Tennyson poem (which provides significant clues as to why the murder was committed), but the title nonetheless is from 'Julius Caesar'. Attempting to persuade his co-conspirators to take advantage of the heat of battle, Brutus exclaims that, 'There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.' The title is extraordinarily apt: unlike Brutus and Cassius, an unscrupulous murderer takes full advantage of the Blitz in London, turning the events to his benefit.

8. What is the alternative title of the novel 'Murder with Mirrors' featuring Miss Marple?

From Quiz Alternative Titles

Answer: They Do It With Mirrors

Some other books featuring Miss Marple are 'The Murder At The Vicarage', 'A Murder Is Announced', and 'Sleeping Murder'.

9. Complete the title: 'The Mysterious _____'.

From Quiz Agatha Christie Titles

Answer: Affair at Styles

From 1920 - this novel introduces Hercule Poirot.

10. 'Death on the _____'

From Quiz Agatha Christie Titles

Answer: Nile

11. What Agatha Christie title tells us how is he traveling? The _____________ sped through the English countryside as dusk fell. A missing light bulb meant that the carriage was dark and depressing.

From Quiz Who Dunnit - A Quiz Murder Mystery

Answer: 4.50 from Paddington

"Last Bus to Woodstock" is an Inspector Morse mystery by Colin Dexter. Graham Greene wrote "Stamboul Train". "Stagecoach" is a 1939 John Wayne Western film. "4.50 from Paddington" features Mrs McGillicuddy, who sees a murder from a train window and is unable to convince the authorities of her story until of course Miss Marple appears on the scene!

12. "Je ne suis pas coupable" ("I Am Not Guilty"): Poirot rushes to the aid of a woman wrongfully accused of murder in this courtroom drama. Which is the English title?

From Quiz Back-Translated French Agatha Christie Titles

Answer: Sad Cypress

I am aware that I have used this book in almost every Christie title quiz I've made, but it is one of only a handful of books that really has a different title in each language and is not simply translated literally. (It is called "Morphine" in Germany, by the way.) "Sad Cypress" was first published in 1940. Agatha Christie later regretted that she used Poirot in this book.

13. "Las manzanas" ("The Apples"): Unusually dark, this novel focuses on the death of a child, and the things she said she saw. Apples do play a role. Which novel is it?

From Quiz Back-Translated Spanish Agatha Christie Titles

Answer: "Hallowe'en Party"

Poor Ariadne Oliver declares that she'll never eat an apple again after seeing twelve-year-old Joyce drowned in the apple-bobbing tub. "Hallowe'en Party" has a strange, dreamy atmosphere and is a rather sinister story about an undiscovered murder, a forged testament, and a beautiful garden.

14. "The Red Bathing Suit" ("Der rote Badeanzug"): Both the German and the original English title point to the vital clue that enables Miss Marple to get to the core of this short story. Which is the English title?

From Quiz More Back-Translated German Christie Titles

Answer: "The Blood-Stained Pavement"

This is one of the "Thirteen Problems" from the short story collection of the same name. Joyce Lemprière, the artist and Raymond West's love interest, is the one to tell this particular story. The vital clue mentioned in the question is of course the fact that you would not notice blood on a red bathing suit, but if you hung that bathing suit out to dry, the blood would drip on the pavement... where an artist would automatically paint it in her picture of the street.

15. "The Kleptomaniac" ("Die Kleptomanin"): The eponymous kleptomaniac is a student and the first murder victim in this Poirot novel. Which one is it?

From Quiz Back-Translated German Agatha Christie Book Titles

Answer: "Hickory Dickory Dock" (a.k.a. "Hickory Dickory Death")

This novel starts with the most unimaginable incident ever: Miss Felicity Lemon, Poirot's efficient secretary, makes three spelling mistakes! Poirot is even more shocked to learn that Miss Lemon is so distracted because she worries about her sister. It would never have occurred to him that she had something as ordinary and human as a sister. Miss Lemon's sister, Mrs. Hubbard, is head of a student home in London where, recently, an odd assortment of things has started to disappear. Poirot, who cannot tolerate spelling mistakes in his letters, decides that the matter needs his help so that Miss Lemon will return to her previous, super-efficient self.

16. What is the more popular title for 'Murder in Hazelmoor'?

From Quiz Christie Alternate Titles

Answer: The Sittaford Mystery

'The Sittaford Mystery' features a murder at the town of Hazelmoor.

17. Where did the title of 'Postern of Fate' come from?

From Quiz But Where Did She Get Those Wonderful Titles?

Answer: A poem by James Elroy Flecker

In this Tommy and Tuppence story, a sixty year-old murder is brought to light. Sections quoted in Christie's flyleaf from Flecker's 'The Gates of Damascus' run: 'Four great gates has the city of Damascus... Postern of Fate, the Desert Gate, Disaster's Cavern, Fort of Fear... Pass not beneath, O Caravan, or pass not singing. Have you heard That silence where the birds are dead, yet something pipeth like a bird?' Born in 1884, Flecker lived a brief twenty-eight years. Deeply depressed by the war brewing in Europe, he declared that 'The poet's business is not to save the soul of man, but to make it worth saving.'

18. What is the alternative title of the mystery 'Dumb Witness' featuring Hercule Poirot?

From Quiz Alternative Titles

Answer: Poirot Loses A Client

In 'Dumb Witness', Emily starts to suspect after an accident that her family is trying to kill her. She writes a letter to Poirot with her suspicions, but by the time Poirot gets the letter she is already dead.

19. Complete the title: 'Murder on the _____'.

From Quiz Agatha Christie Titles

Answer: Links

From 1923 - with Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings.

20. 'By the Pricking of My ______'

From Quiz More Agatha Christie Titles

Answer: Thumbs

'By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes' Macbeth

21. 'The Mirror _______ '

From Quiz Agatha Christie Titles

Answer: Crack'd

22. Suddenly he addressed his companion. They had been discussing the case of a murdered baby and whether he had been killed by his nanny or by his mother. What question, an Agatha Christie title, did he ask?

From Quiz Who Dunnit - A Quiz Murder Mystery

Answer: N or M?

"Who killed Cock Robin?" is an English nursery rhyme. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is a play by Edward Albee. Anthony Trollope wrote "Can You Forgive Her?" in 1864 as the first in his Palliser series. "N or M?" features Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. It is an espionage thriller in which the couple are middle aged and written off as being too old to be of use in the war effort. Not true, of course!

23. "La dernière enigme" ("The Last Enigma"): While this was not the last book Agatha Christie wrote, it was the last to be published and intended as the conclusion of the Miss Marple series. Which is the English title?

From Quiz Back-Translated French Agatha Christie Titles

Answer: Sleeping Murder

"Sleeping Murder" was withheld from publication until after Agatha Christie's death in 1976. While it is generally assumed that it was written during the Blitz, the research of John Curran has shown that it must have been written later than that: rough idea sketches referring to "Helen" and "Cover Her Face" appear on a page headed "1947" in Agatha Christie's notebooks, and recognizable elements of the storyline are developed in the same notebook.

24. "A Diabólica Casa Isolada" ("The Infernal Isolated House"): A house on a cliff above the popular holiday resort of St. Loo is at the heart of this mystery about a young heiress and a series of strange accidents. Which Christie novel is it?

From Quiz Back-Translated Portuguese Christie Titles

Answer: "Peril At End House"

The reference to "diabolic" or "infernal" in the Portuguese title is actually rather fitting, considering that the young lady in question is commonly known as "Nick" (as in "Little Nick", the granddaughter of "Old Nick", the devil). Hastings also makes several comments about the strange atmosphere at End House.

25. "Navidades trágicas" ("Tragic Christmas"). Season's greetings of a different kind is what awaits the sleuth at the house of a rich old tyrant. Which full-length novel is it in English?

From Quiz Back-Translated Spanish Agatha Christie Titles

Answer: "Hercule Poirot's Christmas"

"A Christmas Tragedy" is a short story featuring Miss Marple; "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding" is a not-so-short short story featuring Hercule Poirot. "Hercule Poirot's Christmas" deals with the murder of Simeon Lee, an old adventurer and family tyrant, whose numerous children (legitimate or not) all have a motive for killing him.

26. "The Outwitted Spiritualist" ("Die überlistete Spiritistin"): An elderly man falls under the influence of a spiritualist, and his rightful heirs fear for their inheritance. Which short story is this?

From Quiz More Back-Translated German Christie Titles

Answer: "Motive vs. Opportunity"

The spiritualist in the title is Mrs. Eurydice Spragg, who is trying to con an elderly man into leaving his fortune to her and her husband. But she is indeed outwitted... and only Miss Marple spots the similarities to a mischievous little boy from St. Mary Mead and thus discovers how a blank page ended up in the testament envelope at the solicitor's office.

27. By what name is the 'Murder on the Calais Coach' also known?

From Quiz Christie Alternate Titles

Answer: Murder on the Orient Express

'Murder on the Orient Express' is also known as 'Murder on the Calais Coach', as the Orient Express had a coach known as the Calais coach. This is one of the most famous mysteries solved by Hercule Poirot.

28. The title of Christie's novel 'The Pale Horse' provides a vital clue as to the nature of the murders contained therein. Where did she get the title?

From Quiz But Where Did She Get Those Wonderful Titles?

Answer: The Book of Revelation (The Revelation to John)

'Mrs Dane Calthrop's voice, deep and sonorous, spoke behind me: "Revelation, Chapter Six, Verse Eight. And I looked and beheld a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him..."' The pale horse, of course, is pestilence; the murders in the book are committed with thallium salts, a particularly vicious poison which mimics the symptoms of several diseases of which the victims are supposed to have died before the pattern is perceived. The symptoms vary and cause of death is attributed to such diverse diseases as pneumonia, paratyphoid, gastroenteritis, alcoholic neuritis, epilepsy and polio - until Inspector Lejeune discovers that in every case the victim's hair fell out.

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From Quiz Agatha Christie - Title Anagrams

Answer: Elephants Can Remember

Poirot solves this mystery. Ariadne Oliver, the mystery writer, is also in this book.

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